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Cuba, U.S.A.: “Economic Emigrants”

Categories: Latin America, North America, Cuba, U.S.A., Digital Activism, Economics & Business, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, Ideas, International Relations, Migration & Immigration, Politics, Refugees

From Havana, Generation Y [1] remembers “events such as the Mariel Boatlift”, adding: “Emigration happens more quietly now, in rocky coves where—in the early hours every morning—someone launches themselves into the sea, and in the consulates crammed with people looking for a visa.”